A duelist never gives up!

"I activate the effect of the Narcissus Mermaid," Yuan Qi said, extending his hand. "I add the card Lament of a Lifetime of Evil from the deck to my hand."

"chain!"

Zhu Xiu shouted loudly, inserted another card into the Duel Plate, and said, "I activate the effect of Gray Flowing Beauty, invalidating your search!"

"I knew it!" Yuan Qi smiled, "I'll block your chain!"

"Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card—Finger of the Grave!"

"Banish the Gray Flowing Beauty in your graveyard! For two turns, the Gray Flowing Beauty's effects are negated!"

"Was it going to be a fierce hand-trap attack and defense battle right from the start?" Qingshi couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Even if the dean asked him to learn... but he didn't even have any hand-trap, how could he learn?!

"Although hand pits are precious, they are not rare. As long as you join the Duelist Alliance, you can exchange hand pits with points, although the points required are a bit too many." Alice seemed to see the complaint in Qingshi's heart and explained again.

"Then how do you become a professional duelist?" Qingshi couldn't help but ask.

"If you have a recommendation, you can skip a series of tests and go directly to the final test. You just need to defeat a professional duelist."

"But if I don't have hand traps, how can I beat a professional duelist?" Qingshi continued to ask.

"How would I know?" Alice yawned. "Besides, even professional Duelists rarely have a complete hand trap. Most only have one or two Gray Flowing Beauty and one or two value-added Gs at best. Many even use Effect Obscurer. All in all... it's not a big problem."

"You just said it's precious but not rare..."

"Once you become a professional duelist, all you have to do is complete the quests," Alice said matter-of-factly. "Keep doing it, keep accumulating points to exchange for cards, and keep climbing the ranks...you'll naturally become stronger."

"Probably." Alice thought for a moment and added.

Many times, you can’t become stronger just by working hard.

For example, just like Qingshi said.

How to beat a professional duelist without hand traps?

Even if you become a professional duelist, you may not be assigned so many good missions. Even if you finally grab a mission with a lot of points, you may not be able to complete it...

"Well, just keep going slowly." Alice said with her eyes lowered. The path she just mentioned was the only path that ordinary people could take.

Of course, the Duelist Alliance is not the only force that has hand pits.

The royal family, clan, gym, major academies... Theoretically, if you join any of these forces, you will have a chance.

It’s just that the most powerful force at the moment is the Duelist Alliance.

While they were talking, Yuan Qi had already finished his duel. He inserted a card into the duel disk and said:

"Then I cover a card, and the turn ends."

Chapter 5: A Knight of the Machine World? Aleister!

"My turn, draw a card!"

With a resounding sound, Zhu Xiu suddenly drew a card from the deck.

"I enter the main phase and normally summon Summoner Aleister!" Zhu Xiu said, slapping a card in his hand on the duel disk.

Suddenly, a man with a magic book in his right hand and a staff in his left hand appeared on Zhu Xiu's field with a smile on his face.

"Isn't the dean using the Mecha World deck?" Qingshi couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw this scene.

"Yeah, why is it a summoner?" The classmate next to him was also stunned.

"Why can't it be a summoner? Can a deck only use one system?" Alice asked them.

"How do summoners and mechas work together?" Qingshi couldn't help but frown. Then, he suddenly thought of something and slapped his thigh. His eyes lit up and he said, "Not occupying common summons, covering normal magic...ex zone...connection summons!"

“It’s a perfect match!”

Alice glanced at the unknown student lightly, a faint smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

It doesn't seem stupid.

"As expected." Seeing Aleister appear in the bamboo training field, Yuan Qi was not surprised, but nodded slightly.

Just like what Sera said, it is a very classic Summoner's Machine Realm. Fortunately, I didn't give in, otherwise I would have to face the double impedance of the light car and the deep layer.

Meanwhile, Takeshi, who had summoned his summoner, continued, "I activate Aleister's effect. This can only be activated when this card is Summoned or Flipped. Add 1 'Summoning Magic' from your deck to your hand."

"Chain!" Yuan Qi showed a card in his hand to Zhu Xiu and said, "I activate the effect of Little Mermaid in my hand. This can only be activated when the opponent activates the effect of a monster on the field. This card is Special Summoned from your hand, and the top three cards of your deck are sent to the Graveyard!"

"Is it really in my hand?" Zhu Xiu pushed his square glasses and said lightly, "I don't have the chain, you can handle the effect."

"You don't have a chain, but I do!" Yuan Qi quickly inserted another card into the Duel Disc and said, "I activate the effect of Veiler in my hand to negate the effect of Aleister on your field!"

"Well, now not only does he have one less magic card to act as a column, but he also can't specially summon the beast Merkaba!" Sera in the audience couldn't help but cheer when she saw this scene.

"Senior Sera... have you had a fight with the dean recently?" Xuefeng raised his hand timidly.

After all, they're still siblings, right? Shouldn't we both be cheering for each other?

"What are you thinking? My brother hasn't even sought a spot at the 'Beginning Land' in all the years since he joined. Becoming a Duel King isn't his dream anymore," Sera said, her chin resting on her hand. "So, of course I'm rooting for Yuan Qi."

"And... he's very handsome, isn't he?" Sera said, her playful face softening slightly. "Whether it was organizing us to defeat the Red Lotus Society, standing up to the enemy in times of crisis, or now, fighting for the 'place', he always acted so quickly, as if without the slightest hesitation."

"I really like guys like this."

"Eh? Eh! Like... you really like it?!" Xuefeng looked at Sera in shock, and then saw the reflection of Yuan Qi in her dark green eyes.

It seems...that this is no joke?!

"Yes, I do." Sera tilted her head and said, "With someone like Yuan Qi around, it's only natural that I would like him, right? Or... do you not like Yuan Qi-san?"

"Well, I like it. No, I mean..." Xuefeng's face turned red.

"Okay, stop making trouble." Julie reached out and pinched Sera's little face and said, "Watch the game quietly."

"Hmm...are you a member of the Snow Wind Party? I clearly got a Golden Lord for you?!" Sera covered her face with her hands and said dissatisfiedly.

"What nonsense! Before we even talk about whether we like him or not... let's catch up with others first," Julie said calmly. "Yuan Qi has already left us far behind."

"Tsk, of course I know about that kind of thing." Sera clicked her tongue, a glimmer in her bright eyes.

Xuefeng also fell silent after hearing this.

Catch up with Yuan Qi's footsteps?

Can I really catch up?

Xuefeng looked at Yuan Qi on the field and couldn't help but doubt himself.

"First, because of the effect of the Mask, Aleister's effect is negated. Then, I special recruit the Little Mermaid!" Yuan Qi slapped the Little Mermaid in his hand on the Duel Board and said, "Then send three cards from the deck to the graveyard!"

The little mermaid holding two swords appeared in front of Yuan Qi, emitting a faint light.

"The three cards I sent to the graveyard are Shaddoll, Siren Mermaid of the Pearly Tear Song Tribe, and Infinite Bubble." Yuan Qi said as he looked at the three cards entering the graveyard. "I'll activate the effect of Siren Mermaid, and then chain it with the effect of Shaddoll. C1, C2!"

"Don't even think about it!" Zhu Xiu pulled a card from his hand and quickly inserted it into the Duel Plate, saying, "Chain activates the Quick-Play Magic Card - Designator of the Grave!"

"Exclude the Siren Mermaid of the Pearl Tear Song Clan from your graveyard! Negate her effect!"

"I see!"

Alice in the audience became excited as if she had discovered a new world - she had found the breakthrough point of Pearl Tears!

Pearl Tear's subordinates all return themselves to the deck for fusion summons, which means - just make sure she can't return to the deck!

"Well, after all, the teacher also wants to be the Duel King... hehehe... so don't blame the teacher for playing some counter cards~" Alice couldn't help but whisper.

When Qingshi heard the strange smile coming from beside him, he felt a chill on his neck for some reason, and suddenly felt cold all over in the hot weather.

"Instead of using Grave Finger's effect to block the enemy, you use it to deal with the Siren Mermaid?!" Ai couldn't help but be surprised. You know, the Little Mermaid's stack of three is a blind stack, and there are situations where nothing can be stacked?

"It's troublesome... This situation can only mean one thing." Yuan Qi said solemnly.

"He summoned magic!"

"It seems that our effects have been blurred." Ai frowned slightly and said unwillingly.

"Now's not the time to regret." Yuan Qi shook his head, took a deep breath, and drew a card from his deck. "Because of the effect of the Designated of the Grave, the effect of the Siren Mermaid is negated. I will deal with the effect of Shaddoll and draw a card from the deck."

Zhu Xiu did master the summoning magic.

However, he did not rush to use the summoning magic in his hand. Instead, he stretched out his hand and continued: "I will set the summoner Aleister on the field to the connection mark!"

"Connect Summon!"

"Salamangreat Unicorn!"

Chapter 6: Why are both sides using Fusion Summon?

A unicorn rabbit with flames on its head appeared in front of Zhu Xiu, looking around blankly with its big crimson eyes, seeming a little curious and a little scared.

"Even though I knew this a long time ago, it still seems outrageous." Hara Nana couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw this. "How on earth did a Duelist using Mecha Knight print out a Salamangreat card?!"

"Isn't the Horned Bunny a card from the electronics world? What does it have to do with Salamangreat?" Ai complained from the side.

"Reasonable."

While the two were talking, Zhu Xiu began his next move. He inserted a card into the duel board and said, "I'm covering a card."

"Is it in the same column as my cover card?" Yuan Qi looked at Zhu Xiu's cover card, and subconsciously touched his own cover card with his right hand. He couldn't help but say vigilantly, "It's coming!"

"Because there are more than two cards in the same column! I can Special Summon this card to that column!" Zhu Xiu slammed a card in his hand on the Duel Plate and shouted,

"Come out!"

"Knight of the Purple Night World!!!"

Accompanied by a brilliant light, Zixiao, wearing a dark purple cloak and holding a silver spear, floated above Zhu Xiu's field.

"It finally appears, the Mecha Knight." Yuan Qi said softly as he looked at Zi Xiao in front of him. To be honest, if he hadn't known the construction in advance, he would have really thought that Zhu Xiu was a pure summoner deck.

"Of course, this is the Mecha Knight deck," Zhu Xiu said seriously, "I'm activating the effect of Purple Night's Mecha Knight!"

"Ban this card from the deck and add another Mecha Knight to your hand!"

"I've been waiting for this!" Yuan Qi flipped open his face-up card and said, "Chain activate Lament of a Lifetime of Evil! Activate its effect immediately! Negate the effect of your Purple Night Knight of the World! Then, send my Little Mermaid to the Graveyard!"

"This way, I can Fusion Summon again!" Ai said excitedly, waving her little pink fist. It feels so good to deploy it during the opponent's turn!

"I activate Little Mermaid's effect, returning the Little Mermaid and Shaddoll in the Graveyard to the bottom of the Deck!"

"Fusion Summon!"

Yuan Qi stretched out his right hand, staring intently at the fusion vortex in front of him and said, "Come out!"

"Divine Shadow Yi Midrash!!!"

The three-no girl Xiaomi appeared in front of Yuan Qi again, looking at Zhu Xiu opposite her with an expressionless face.

"Huh?" Alice, who was watching the battle, doubted her own eyes and said in disbelief, "Although Midrash has a high suppression power, with only 2200 attack power, it's nothing against Zixiao... Wait? 2700?!"

"It's One Life of Badness - Pearl World." This time it was Qingshi's turn to explain to Alice with a bitter look on his face, "One Life of Badness - Pearl World not only increases the attack power of Pearl Tear Monsters by 500, but also increases the attack power of Fusion Monsters by 500."

Don't ask why he knows.

The answer is that he was beaten badly.

"Hey, hey, hey... Search, attack bonus, board blast... Isn't this a bit excessive?" Alice couldn't help but complain. "I don't even have any cards like that in my deck."

Qingshi opened his mouth, and finally let out a silent sigh.

There are no such outrageous cards in his deck system.

"Immediately afterwards, I activate the effect of One World of Destruction - Pearl World. Since a Pearl Tear monster has returned to the Deck, I activate its effect to destroy the face-down card on your field!"

Yuan Qi pointed at the Gaika Road on the bamboo repair ground.

Anyway, Zixiao's attack power is only 2500, so there is no need to worry about it.

"Have you grown to this point in just a few months?" Zhu Xiu lowered his eyes and sent the damaged Gaika to the cemetery.

What surprised Yuan Qi was that the destroyed cover card was not a summoning magic.

But - the heir of the star relics!

"Wait, if that's the case..." Yuan Qi couldn't help but stroke his chin, looking at the two monsters on the bamboo repair field and began to think, "I see... So, is it true that he is worthy of being the Dean of Duelist Academy? His strength is indeed extraordinary."